TUV stands for "Technischer überwachungs-Verein" in German, which is the Technical Supervision Association. TUV certification is a safety certification mark customized by German TUV for component products.

Enterprises can apply at When applying for the TUV mark, apply for a CB certificate together, thereby obtaining certificates from other countries through conversion. Moreover, after the products are certified, the German TUV certification will recommend these products to rectifier manufacturers that inquire about qualified component suppliers; During the whole machine certification process, components that have obtained TUV certification marks are exempt from inspection.

For example, TUV-CE, TUV-GS, TUV-MARK, TUV-ROHS and other certifications or LVD and EMC testing instructions. The report can be called TUV certification.

The purpose of TUV certification:

The purpose of applying safety standards is to prevent various hazards that may occur during the use of household appliances, mechanical products, and automotive products. Personal injury and property damage caused by various hazards, including electric shock or electric shock, excessive temperature or fire, mechanical hazards, radioactive hazards, and chemical hazards.

TUV certification scope:

TUV certification applies to electrical components, such as power supplies, transformers, dimmers, relays, connectors, plugs, wires and other mechanical parts and sports equipment parts.

The service scope of TUV certification. What are they?

Testing and product certification: mainly include aerospace; automotive and transportation; consumer goods and retail products; health care and medical equipment; infrastructure; manufacturing and industrial machinery; power and energy.

Audit and system certification: mainly involving automobiles, railways, aviation, mechanical engineering, information technology, banking, finance and health services.

Does ISO certification also apply if you do TUV? ?

ISO certification is a large category, including ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, ISO27001, etc. There are hundreds of types. Some ISO certifications overlap with TUV certifications and you don’t need to do them. Some do not overlap and you need to do them. So After getting TUV certification, you still need to get some ISO certification. For specific details, you can ask the upstream supply buyer to see what other certifications are needed